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copied!<p>I am trying to submit a form and it will not pass as <code>is_valid</code> in the view.</p> <p>The form uses forms.Modelforms which I do not have a lot of experience with.</p> <p>I checked <code>{{ form.errors }}</code> in the template but didn't get anything back.</p> <p>I appreciate the time and expertise</p> <p><strong>Form</strong></p> <pre><code>class AddSubcategory(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = Subcategory fields = ['category'] subcategory_name = forms.CharField(max_length=255) </code></pre> <p><strong>View</strong></p> <pre><code>@login_required @locationed def add_subcategory(request, location): subcat_form = AddSubcategory(request.POST) if subcat_form.is_valid(): submitted_subcat_name = subcat_form.cleaned_data['subcategory_name'] selected_cat = subcat_form.cleaned_data['category'] _, was_created = Subcategory.objects.get_or_create(name=submitted_subcat_name, category=selected_cat) return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('manage_cat_subcat', args=(location.slug,))) else: cat_form = AddCategory() subcat_form = AddSubcategory() return render(request, 'inventory/manage_cat_subcat.html', {'location': location,'cat_form': cat_form,'subcat_form':subcat_form}) </code></pre> <p><strong>Template (form)</strong></p> <pre><code><form class="form-inline" action="{% url 'add_subcategory' location.slug %}" method="post"> {% csrf_token %} {{subcat_form.category}} {{subcat_form.subcategory_name}} <button class="btn btn-small" type="submit">Add Subcategory</button> </form> </code></pre>

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